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Exclusive: Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange [View all]
A 22-year-old just got a million investment valuing his new futures exchange at 0 million.
— Gil Durán (@gilduran.com) 2026-06-19T16:47:41.520Z
He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz.
His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY.
Bipartisan capture in full bloom.
fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...
The 22-year-old son of a crypto-friendly senator plans to launch his own exchange for a type of derivative popularized by digital asset traders. Theodore Gillibrand, whose mother is Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), has drummed up $30 million in a fundraise led by the venture firm Lux Capital, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The deal valued Theodore’s startup at $300 million, said the sources, who asked for anonymity to discuss private business dealings.
Dubbed American Perpetuals Exchange Corporation, or APEC, the trading platform aims to list perpetual futures, or “perps,” a form of futures contracts that allow traders to bet on the price of assets without holding the assets themselves. As opposed to standard futures, these derivatives don’t have a set expiration date.
Theodore’s startup plans to apply for a license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list perpetuals for equities and stock indices, not cryptocurrencies, according to a presentation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A spokesperson for Lux Capital confirmed that it led the fundraise.
“It is clear that the future of these markets is not in offshore and unregulated foreign entities but rather in a regulated and institutional American company,” said Theodore in a statement, confirming details of the round.
http://archive.today/3dzAz
Dubbed American Perpetuals Exchange Corporation, or APEC, the trading platform aims to list perpetual futures, or “perps,” a form of futures contracts that allow traders to bet on the price of assets without holding the assets themselves. As opposed to standard futures, these derivatives don’t have a set expiration date.
Theodore’s startup plans to apply for a license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list perpetuals for equities and stock indices, not cryptocurrencies, according to a presentation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A spokesperson for Lux Capital confirmed that it led the fundraise.
“It is clear that the future of these markets is not in offshore and unregulated foreign entities but rather in a regulated and institutional American company,” said Theodore in a statement, confirming details of the round.
http://archive.today/3dzAz
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